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Speaker 1: It is a football Friday Week eleven edition and the

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Speaker 1: first road test for Kyler Murray. Welcome Bird Gang. On

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Speaker 1: today's show, Zach Kershman joins me. The main topic conversation

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Speaker 1: Kyler Murray. It's his second start, first start on the road. Also,

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Speaker 1: what does Trey McBride do for an on court? And

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Speaker 1: how do the Cardinals defend CJ.

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Speaker 2: Stroud?

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Speaker 1: Plus we head into enemy territory and speak with Houston

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Speaker 1: Texans TV host Drew Doherty get his thoughts on Sunday's matchup.

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Speaker 1: It's Cardinals Cover two, episode seven hundred and it starts now.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to Cardinals Cover two.

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Speaker 3: Boo to Baker, what heart?

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Speaker 3: He's at the ten half of five. He's it again so.

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Speaker 2: Far whow here's Craig Griolu.

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Speaker 1: So we learned something about head coach Jonathan Gannon on Friday,

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Speaker 1: And all credit to you, Zach, because for a while

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Speaker 1: there it seemed like you and JG were having a

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Speaker 1: one on one conversation in the midst of a press conference.

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Speaker 2: But there is a.

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Speaker 1: Watch, a specific watch that Gannon wears and which he called,

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Speaker 1: quote the best thing I've ever bought for myself, care

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Speaker 1: to explain, which was a thirty some dollar watch that

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Speaker 1: he had. It's an iron Man watch. NFL Films put

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Speaker 1: together a piece kind of centered around Mike McDaniels and

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Speaker 1: the power of time, and he bought a really really

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Speaker 1: expensive which Gannon sear to mention as well correct a

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Speaker 1: very flashy watch, and it was his first gift to himself,

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Speaker 1: Mike McDaniel's, that is. And the reason why is because

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Speaker 1: he showed his Dolphins players and said, I'm gonna have

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Speaker 1: to take out a mortgage for this if you guys

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Speaker 1: don't play well and I have to get fired.

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Speaker 3: So let's play well. Let's win some games so that

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Speaker 3: I could afford watches like these. And Jonathan Gannon, on

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Speaker 3: the other hand, is somebody that used to never wear

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Speaker 3: a watch, and he read a book by this ex

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Speaker 3: military member and his name is Jocko Willink who talked

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Speaker 3: about the power of time and you don't need a

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Speaker 3: flashy watch, you just need something that says the time

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Speaker 3: and the date, and that's all it is. And I

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Speaker 3: guess JG read his book. It's one of his favorite

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Speaker 3: books from what I've learned, and he said, after that,

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Speaker 3: you know what, I'll try on to watch. And it's

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Speaker 3: a very simple watch. And you could see that there's

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Speaker 3: a dozen coaches or half a dozen coaches around the

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Speaker 3: NFL that have that same exact watch that JG does.

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Speaker 3: It's Andy Reid, Brandon Staley from the Chargers. JG's one

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Speaker 3: of them, and a few others. But it's kind it's

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Speaker 3: kind of cool. It shows the power of time a

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Speaker 1: And it's more specifically about time. And Gannon said, maximizing

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Speaker 1: the time you have in a day. You have twenty

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Speaker 1: four but you have even fewer than that within the facility,

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Speaker 1: on the practice field, in the meeting room. Are you

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Speaker 1: maximizing your time during the week to perform on Sunday?

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Speaker 1: To your point about Mike McDaniel, so you can have

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Speaker 1: that win on Sunday. Putting in the work Monday through

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Speaker 3: And that's why I asked him, like, in the grand

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Speaker 3: scope of everything, when you look at a twenty four

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Speaker 3: hour day. What can you say that your players made

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Speaker 3: the most of their time. And it's about going to

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Speaker 3: the film room, it's about staying in the weight room.

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Speaker 3: It's about putting in all the actual work and focusing

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Speaker 3: on all the details that could separate you from being

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Speaker 3: a great team to being an elite team. And that's

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Speaker 3: obviously the trajectory that the Cardinals hope to go down.

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Speaker 3: It's the trajectory that the Cardinals seemed to be going towards,

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Speaker 3: which is very exciting. So JG making the most of

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Speaker 3: this time and for Jocko Willing, he has on his

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Speaker 3: JG wears, not his watch, but what Jocko willings own watch.

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Speaker 3: And it's always at like four in the morning, really

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Speaker 3: to make the most of your day, so get started early.

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Speaker 1: And many coaches do that regardless of the profession, but

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Speaker 3: And even when it comes to the players. I mean,

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Speaker 3: that's the emphasis on accountability that JG and Monty have

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Speaker 1: You bring up Michael Carter, the Cardinals brand new running back,

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Speaker 1: which leads us into this discussion. As far as Week eleven,

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Speaker 1: Cardinals at the Texans Sunday eleven am, Arizona time, six thirty.

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Speaker 1: Pre game coverage begins on the Arizona Cardinals Radio network.

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Speaker 1: A little bit later on, we'll dive deeper into the

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Speaker 1: matchup with Drew Doherty, Texan's TV host for Houston Texans

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Speaker 1: dot Com, had a chance to speak to him earlier

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Speaker 1: in the week. We'll get to the injuries momentarily, not

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Speaker 1: too much clarity as we speak here on this Friday

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Speaker 1: as of yet. But Michael Carter is an interesting, I

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Speaker 1: won't say interesting case study, but interesting player this week.

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Speaker 1: You arrive late, you get one day of practice plus

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Speaker 1: a Saturday walkthrough. Is that enough time to be on

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Speaker 1: because we have seen this before at the running back position.

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Speaker 1: Once upon a time Kenyan Drake arrived late played that week.

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Speaker 1: It wouldn't surprise me if Carter is active and does

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Speaker 1: But bottom line, a fresh start and he's looking forward

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Speaker 3: He said, as he was waiting to find his new

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Speaker 3: he has that chip on his shoulder we were able

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Speaker 3: And now he's got a new opportunity here, and he

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Speaker 1: And with de Mercado still dealing with that toe injury,

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Speaker 1: have James Connor, who there's a lot of people would

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Speaker 3: In my opinion, I think Demercado's workload is going to

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Speaker 3: he did have pretty solid first two years in the NFL.

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Speaker 3: James Connor is the running back that you could put

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Speaker 3: In that running back position, there's constantly turnover. That's why

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Speaker 3: the Cardinals have gone through what is it six or

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Speaker 3: in terms of signing players to the practice squad elevating

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Speaker 3: but I think that you would you would assume that

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Speaker 3: there's there's opportunities for him.

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Speaker 1: Again, the question is there going to be an opportunity

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Speaker 1: But considering how much there was praise from both the

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Speaker 1: head coach Andrew Petzing about Carter O'Donnell, does he get

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Speaker 1: that has been a nice revolving door, three different starting

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Speaker 1: you solidify that spot and have your best five? Who

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Speaker 1: are those best five? For that five man offensive line.

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Speaker 3: And I think with how well Carter O'Donnell's played, you

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Speaker 3: right now. As I mentioned earlier, had a chance to

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Speaker 1: but you.

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Speaker 4: Know, yeah, yeah, they You know, he was interesting when

436
00:21:35,080 --> 00:21:38,240
Speaker 4: that happened, When that trade happened. The next day, second

437
00:21:38,320 --> 00:21:39,679
Speaker 4: round is going on, and we were up in the

438
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Speaker 4: offices before the second round started, and yeah, there were

439
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Speaker 4: some people that are that were pretty confident back then,

440
00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:48,200
Speaker 4: before they even like took a tank Dell, and before

441
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Speaker 4: they added some guys in free agency that would wind

442
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Speaker 4: up coming here and helping out. They were very, very

443
00:21:52,920 --> 00:21:55,960
Speaker 4: confident and very comfortable in saying, you know, we think

444
00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:58,359
Speaker 4: the Texans pick is going to be better than the

445
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Speaker 4: Browns pick, meaning it's going to be higher and you know,

446
00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:02,560
Speaker 4: further up the line. I don't know that they thought

447
00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:04,960
Speaker 4: they were going to be this great, but I think

448
00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:07,320
Speaker 4: they had a lot of confidence that they were just,

449
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Speaker 4: no matter what, gonna be better than the Browns, we're

450
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Speaker 4: gonna be this season.

451
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Speaker 1: Kind Of similar here with the Cardinals now that Kyler

452
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Speaker 1: Murray is back. Yeah, the record doesn't look great, but

453
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Speaker 1: one to zero with K one on the football field,

454
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Speaker 1: So there is some film at least one game's worth,

455
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Speaker 1: and then there's film of him in the previous four seasons.

456
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Speaker 1: But what are the Texans concerned about with Kyler back

457
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Speaker 1: at quarterback?

458
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Speaker 4: Yeah, they're all very respectful of them. They know what

459
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Speaker 4: he can do. They know this is not a two

460
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Speaker 4: and eight team. You really kind of have to throw

461
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Speaker 4: that record out when you just look at the matchup

462
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Speaker 4: and what you're gonna do on Sunday. And then complicating

463
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Speaker 4: things is the new offense that he's in this Like,

464
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Speaker 4: you know, it's not Cliff Kingsbury's air raid, so you

465
00:22:49,960 --> 00:22:52,600
Speaker 4: don't really have as much tape and there's a lot

466
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Speaker 4: more wrinkles you can probably see. So they're very respectful

467
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Speaker 4: of Kyler Murray. And listen, everybody knows if you have

468
00:23:00,200 --> 00:23:03,400
Speaker 4: any connection to the state of Texas, everybody knows about him.

469
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Speaker 4: I mean, there's you gotta have a really strong argument

470
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Speaker 4: to name somebody other than Martin Murray as the greatest

471
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Speaker 4: high school player in the history of this state. And

472
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Speaker 4: that's staying a hell of a lot because I mean,

473
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Speaker 4: we were very prideful and we think Texas high school

474
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Speaker 4: football is the best high school football round and that

475
00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:22,880
Speaker 4: guy's probably the best to ever do it. So they

476
00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:26,960
Speaker 4: know what he's capable of. They are not getting sleepy

477
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Speaker 4: on anybody, per in particular him.

478
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Speaker 1: It was just one game. But what about Trey McBride

479
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Speaker 1: and his performance last week? A couple of weeks back,

480
00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:39,440
Speaker 1: he had ninety five receiving yards, but the Texans trying

481
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Speaker 1: to cover him a tight end who can go deep

482
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Speaker 1: but also go underneath.

483
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Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, it looks like you guys got to

484
00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:47,200
Speaker 4: keep her there in a real building block no matter

485
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Speaker 4: what happens around him the rest of the time there.

486
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Speaker 4: That guy's really really good. Tight ends have been they've

487
00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:55,480
Speaker 4: done okay against the Texans this year at times, so

488
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Speaker 4: that's certainly going to be something to focus on. You know,

489
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Speaker 4: we saw the Denzel Perryman suspension get waxed down from

490
00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:04,520
Speaker 4: three games to two, but he's still out for this game,

491
00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:06,680
Speaker 4: and that's too bad because he's one of your best

492
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Speaker 4: players on defense. He's one of your leaders on defense,

493
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Speaker 4: and he's somebody that can kind of help out in

494
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Speaker 4: that regard. So Blake Cashman, who's been having an excellent

495
00:24:16,000 --> 00:24:18,640
Speaker 4: season the linebacker, he's going to get called upon quite

496
00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:20,600
Speaker 4: a bit and will probably have to be really sticky

497
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Speaker 4: in coverage. Look out for him. Look out for Jalen

498
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Speaker 4: Petrie number five, one of the leaders on this defense.

499
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Speaker 4: He's one of the captains. No, Jimmy Ward is a

500
00:24:29,200 --> 00:24:31,040
Speaker 4: safety that you guys are familiar with from his time

501
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Speaker 4: in San Francisco for all those years. So there's some

502
00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:35,960
Speaker 4: mixing and matching that's going to go on and there's

503
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Speaker 4: some guys that will have to step up behind the

504
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Speaker 4: ones that have been been injured, and some guys will

505
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Speaker 4: kind of have to step up that have been out

506
00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:42,480
Speaker 4: there already.

507
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Speaker 1: It is a defense that is much better against the

508
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Speaker 1: run than the pass, at least according to the numbers.

509
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Speaker 1: But the last question I have for you is the

510
00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:54,480
Speaker 1: head coach, Damiko Ryans and how much their defense is

511
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Speaker 1: a reflection of him his time with the forty nine ers.

512
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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's it's definitely so much better. I mean, I

513
00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:07,760
Speaker 4: joke when he signed and was in the building back

514
00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:10,719
Speaker 4: in late January when it was official, it was like

515
00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:15,399
Speaker 4: mouth to mouth resuscitation for the entire franchise, not just

516
00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:18,800
Speaker 4: the defense, not the offense, not the football team, all

517
00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:22,600
Speaker 4: of those, plus everybody on the business side, the fan base,

518
00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:25,840
Speaker 4: the city. I mean, it's been a dark, dark four years,

519
00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:28,840
Speaker 4: and really before that, even when the Texans were winning

520
00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:32,800
Speaker 4: divisions in fifteen and sixteen and eighteen and nineteen, it

521
00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:34,960
Speaker 4: just wasn't the same as sort of the love and

522
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Speaker 4: the fun that was going on here for a brief

523
00:25:37,040 --> 00:25:39,080
Speaker 4: stint in eleven and twelve when they went to the

524
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Speaker 4: playoffs those years. Demiko was a part of that first

525
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Speaker 4: team in twenty eleven and then he went to Philadelphia

526
00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:50,159
Speaker 4: after that, but he has been an absolute difference maker.

527
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Speaker 4: This team was atrocious against the run really starting in

528
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Speaker 4: twenty nineteen, that last playoff team that the Texans had,

529
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Speaker 4: and he slipped that around. I mean he didn't just

530
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Speaker 4: go take them from like thirty second at twenty fourth.

531
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Speaker 4: I mean they've made strides, leaps and bounds in that

532
00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:09,080
Speaker 4: category and so you know they're gonna have their hands

533
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Speaker 4: full with Connor. He's looks like from the outside, I

534
00:26:12,440 --> 00:26:14,720
Speaker 4: don't follow the Cardinals like you do, but he looks

535
00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:16,320
Speaker 4: a guy to strike at the ball more, you know,

536
00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:19,080
Speaker 4: averaging five point two a cliff And I'm guessing they've

537
00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:21,840
Speaker 4: been behind in some situations and can't do that. But yeah,

538
00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:24,040
Speaker 4: they know their hands will be full with Connor. But man,

539
00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:27,040
Speaker 4: the run defense has been turned around by Demico Ryans,

540
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Speaker 4: his defensive coordinator, Matt Burke and the rest.

541
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Speaker 1: Yeah, and Matt Burke former Cardinals defensive line coach, so

542
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Speaker 1: familiar with a lot of the Cardinals personnel heading into

543
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Speaker 1: Sunday's game. Eleven am is the kickoff Arizona Time Cardinals

544
00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:42,400
Speaker 1: two and eight, Texans five and four Drew good stuff.

545
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Speaker 1: Appreciate it, and uh, well I can't say good luck

546
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Speaker 1: on Sunday, but best of luck the rest of the

547
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Speaker 1: way post week eleven.

548
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Speaker 4: Right back at you, my friend, and I appreciate you

549
00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:52,520
Speaker 4: having me on.

550
00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:56,440
Speaker 1: Good stuff there from Drew. And yeah, a win on

551
00:26:56,560 --> 00:26:58,960
Speaker 1: Sunday Once upon a time, I think we would have

552
00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:01,800
Speaker 1: been a double victory for the Cardinals. Still is you

553
00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:05,160
Speaker 1: get a win and then based off the draft that

554
00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:08,919
Speaker 1: the Cardinals have the Houston Texans first round pick. Cardinals

555
00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:12,320
Speaker 1: went two straight wins and then you knocked the Texans

556
00:27:12,800 --> 00:27:14,760
Speaker 1: down a peg or in this case, if you're talking

557
00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:17,679
Speaker 1: about draft status, up a couple of pegs. But right now,

558
00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:21,160
Speaker 1: if the season we're in today, which does not, Texans

559
00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:23,720
Speaker 1: pick number twenty and that would go to the Cardinals

560
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Speaker 1: in that Will Anderson deal.

561
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Speaker 3: Listen, a first round pick is still a first round pick, obviously.

562
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Speaker 3: I think a lot of analysts in the national media

563
00:27:32,119 --> 00:27:34,280
Speaker 3: we're saying before the season began, the Cardinals are gonna

564
00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:37,080
Speaker 3: have the first and second overall pick. Well, that does

565
00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:39,720
Speaker 3: not seem to be the case, especially with Kyler Murray

566
00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:41,840
Speaker 3: coming back and how committed this team is to winning.

567
00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:45,040
Speaker 3: I heard and when bj did sideline exchange with Danny.

568
00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:47,080
Speaker 3: He said, we want to win out and make it

569
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Speaker 3: to the playoffs. Kayzer White said the same exact thing

570
00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:52,520
Speaker 3: to the media on Thursday at in front of his locker.

571
00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:55,560
Speaker 3: What if we went out This team is not thinking

572
00:27:55,600 --> 00:27:58,600
Speaker 3: about the NFL Draft right now. They don't care. They

573
00:27:58,640 --> 00:28:01,400
Speaker 3: care about winning games, and at two and eight, it's

574
00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:04,720
Speaker 3: tough to sometimes have that mindset. When I asked Kaizier

575
00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:07,560
Speaker 3: about he said, we don't waiver. That's our thought process.

576
00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:09,959
Speaker 3: No matter how the season goes, we go out there

577
00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:12,480
Speaker 3: to win football games. And the Cardinals did that last

578
00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:14,159
Speaker 3: week against the Falcons. They would have loved to do

579
00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:16,520
Speaker 3: that again, to go down to Houston and do the

580
00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:20,680
Speaker 3: same exact thing. You take the Texans down a couple

581
00:28:20,680 --> 00:28:23,399
Speaker 3: spots to benefit the Cardinals a little bit, and the

582
00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:26,120
Speaker 3: Cardinals would love to continue rising up the draft board

583
00:28:26,119 --> 00:28:28,040
Speaker 3: because then they know that they're translating to wins.

584
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Speaker 1: Cardinals coming off a twenty five twenty three win over

585
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Speaker 1: the Falcons, can they make it two in a row?

586
00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:36,000
Speaker 1: A lot of that will be trying to contain C. J.

587
00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:41,080
Speaker 1: Stroud And interesting enough, the Cardinals, you talk about draft status.

588
00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:44,480
Speaker 1: Paris Johnson the sixth overall pick out of Ohio State. Well,

589
00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:48,160
Speaker 1: where did CJ. Stroud go to school? Ohio State? Your

590
00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:51,800
Speaker 1: favorite school in the Big Ten? I know, and teammates

591
00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:54,040
Speaker 1: now getting to see one another for the first time

592
00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:56,480
Speaker 1: as professionals, and I know you had a chance to

593
00:28:56,520 --> 00:28:58,960
Speaker 1: speak to Paris this week not only about that, but

594
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Speaker 1: just his season overall, this U this year and how

595
00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:06,880
Speaker 1: well the season began a little bit of a struggle

596
00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:08,640
Speaker 1: and then he kind of rided the ship last week

597
00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:09,560
Speaker 1: against the Falcons.

598
00:29:09,640 --> 00:29:11,920
Speaker 3: Yes, and to go back even a little bit, that's

599
00:29:11,960 --> 00:29:13,840
Speaker 3: gonna be the first time that Paris and CJ have

600
00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:17,360
Speaker 3: seen each other since the draft. Paris said, so to

601
00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:20,600
Speaker 3: see her, as Paris referred him, you see your family

602
00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:23,080
Speaker 3: back there. It's gonna be very exciting for for the

603
00:29:23,160 --> 00:29:26,880
Speaker 3: rookie right tackle. I asked Nick Rollis, the defensive coordinator,

604
00:29:26,920 --> 00:29:29,320
Speaker 3: when everyone was asking him questions about how do you

605
00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:33,000
Speaker 3: prepare for CJ. Stroud? Recognizing that connection between the two

606
00:29:33,040 --> 00:29:35,360
Speaker 3: of them, I was like, do you not ask Paris?

607
00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:39,000
Speaker 3: And he goes, I guess you could. There's connections all

608
00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:41,680
Speaker 3: across and Clayton has the connection as you inform me

609
00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:45,720
Speaker 3: with Tank Dell, and it there's connections all throughout the NFL.

610
00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:47,440
Speaker 3: I mean the Texans, they have Josh Jones, they have

611
00:29:47,480 --> 00:29:50,480
Speaker 3: my j Sanders. There's also connections to the Arizona Cardinals

612
00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:53,840
Speaker 3: as well. So it's when I when I was talking

613
00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:56,400
Speaker 3: with Paris he said to me, I was like, I

614
00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:59,640
Speaker 3: was like, do you tell the defense. He's like, ah see,

615
00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:03,600
Speaker 3: it's tough because it's business, but that's also my family

616
00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:06,320
Speaker 3: back there. And I think I kind of gave him

617
00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:08,520
Speaker 3: a look like no, you tell Nick. You tell Nick

618
00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:12,280
Speaker 3: Rlis what everything we need to know. But overall, Paris

619
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Speaker 3: Johnson Jr. Has really started to Johnathangan and said he

620
00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:18,800
Speaker 3: found his sweet spot when it comes to watching tape

621
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Speaker 3: over and that's what ultimately allowed him to have such

622
00:30:21,720 --> 00:30:23,800
Speaker 3: a good game against the Falcons. He knows why he's

623
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Speaker 3: here with the Arizona Cardinals. He pointed right over to

624
00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:29,040
Speaker 3: Kyler Murray's locker and he said, it's to protect him,

625
00:30:29,240 --> 00:30:31,680
Speaker 3: and we hold each other accountable to each other's goals

626
00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:35,920
Speaker 3: are aspirations and so far so it's been pretty solid

627
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Speaker 3: for Paris Johnson Junior. It's kind of been peaks and

628
00:30:37,920 --> 00:30:40,160
Speaker 3: valleys and every rookie's going to have that at certain

629
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Speaker 3: points unless you are CJ. Stroud, who seems to be

630
00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:47,400
Speaker 3: just on an upwards trajectory. But as Drew Ptson said,

631
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Speaker 3: he comes back to work the next day and he's

632
00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:49,920
Speaker 3: ready to go.

633
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Speaker 1: Paris has started all ten games. In fact, he has

634
00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:56,800
Speaker 1: not missed a single snap, the only offensive lineman who

635
00:30:56,880 --> 00:30:59,560
Speaker 1: has not missed a snap this season. He is anchoring

636
00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:03,200
Speaker 1: the rights. You got DJ Humphreys perhaps potentially coming back

637
00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:07,880
Speaker 1: this week to anchor the left side. But seeing Paris excel,

638
00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:10,840
Speaker 1: I want, maybe not excel, but have his moments this

639
00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:14,200
Speaker 1: season like last week against the Falcons to where yeah,

640
00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:16,640
Speaker 1: there are growing pains, but what you see out of

641
00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:20,200
Speaker 1: him early is okay, he's getting it, and when he

642
00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:24,120
Speaker 1: does struggle, he understands where those struggles are looking back

643
00:31:24,160 --> 00:31:27,640
Speaker 1: at film now learning what he has to be watching

644
00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:31,200
Speaker 1: for looking at that film and then working to correct

645
00:31:31,200 --> 00:31:32,080
Speaker 1: it for the next game.

646
00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:36,320
Speaker 3: And Kyler Murray right now, he's your QB one and

647
00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:39,920
Speaker 3: that's what Paris Johnson Junior knows. It's no longer is

648
00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:42,560
Speaker 3: it going to be Joshua Dobbs or Clayton Tune or

649
00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:45,360
Speaker 3: when is Kyler Murray coming back? What you have right

650
00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:47,280
Speaker 3: now is what you're hopefully going to get for the

651
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Speaker 3: rest of the season. He knows that. That's why he

652
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Speaker 3: was assigned this task, so to seriously evaluate the tape

653
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Speaker 3: from that first game or to first game back with

654
00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:58,680
Speaker 3: Kyler Murray to see how he's done over the previous seasons.

655
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Speaker 3: He took it to the chick a little bit as

656
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Speaker 3: to how they had to respond after Cleveland and to

657
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Speaker 3: come back in the game against the Falcons to find

658
00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:09,520
Speaker 3: that sweet spot. The fact that he found that sweet

659
00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:12,160
Speaker 3: spot ten games in, some people might say that's a

660
00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:15,400
Speaker 3: little bit too late. It's better than next season when

661
00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:18,840
Speaker 3: he's hitting that second year route. So the fact that

662
00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:22,080
Speaker 3: he founded this early on, it's definitely encouraging. And he's

663
00:32:22,080 --> 00:32:24,200
Speaker 3: playing with the chip on his shoulder. He knows that

664
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Speaker 3: he's going to be going against Will Anderson in a

665
00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:28,440
Speaker 3: lot of cases. The two of them went against each

666
00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:31,080
Speaker 3: other in high school at the All America Bowl, and

667
00:32:31,640 --> 00:32:33,680
Speaker 3: he said to me, I asked him about that that

668
00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:36,520
Speaker 3: trade Houston traded with the Cardinals for that third overall

669
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Speaker 3: pick to draft Will Anderson. Paris Johnson Junior was projected

670
00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:42,480
Speaker 3: to go in that third spot. He ultimately went into six.

671
00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:44,760
Speaker 3: Cardinals still got him and he said in that room,

672
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Speaker 3: I did have a chip on my shoulder, but that

673
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Speaker 3: chip has led me to a blocking for Kyler Murray.

674
00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:53,240
Speaker 3: Will Anderson two sacks, three tackles for loss, eleven quarterback

675
00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:55,920
Speaker 3: hits so far this season for the Texans, who were

676
00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:58,600
Speaker 3: five and four, second in the AFC South, just one

677
00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:02,080
Speaker 3: game behind the Jaguars right now, which is a stunning

678
00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:05,320
Speaker 3: turnaround considering whether this Texans team was a year ago,

679
00:33:05,440 --> 00:33:09,120
Speaker 3: but brand new head coach, brand new quarterback, and they

680
00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:12,400
Speaker 3: are playing very good football. Cardinals last week played very

681
00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:16,600
Speaker 3: good football upon Kyler Murray's return. Now it's a different return.

682
00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:19,920
Speaker 3: It's a return to the road. Second start, but first

683
00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:23,280
Speaker 3: on the road. And that opens up the next box

684
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Speaker 3: to check, as far as the operations, pre snap penalties,

685
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Speaker 3: How you get in the play, call in from the sideline,

686
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Speaker 3: How you relaying that to your teammates, because Kyler usually

687
00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:36,880
Speaker 3: it's all about hand signals. Well that's no longer the case.

688
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Speaker 1: You got that wristband, you're looking, you're reading, and then

689
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Speaker 1: you got to describe that to your teammates now in

690
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Speaker 1: an road environment. And my guess is it's going to

691
00:33:46,280 --> 00:33:49,600
Speaker 1: be loud on Sunday because the Texans have earned that

692
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Speaker 1: right based off their record to have fans come out

693
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Speaker 1: and cheer for them.

694
00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:55,840
Speaker 3: Yes, they haven't. The fans have done a really solid

695
00:33:55,920 --> 00:33:58,880
Speaker 3: job down there in Houston. And I don't think it's

696
00:33:58,920 --> 00:34:02,320
Speaker 3: as much Kyler Murray playing on the road. It goes

697
00:34:02,360 --> 00:34:04,760
Speaker 3: back to that point is how he operates on the road.

698
00:34:05,080 --> 00:34:07,120
Speaker 3: The execution is going to be there in terms of

699
00:34:07,320 --> 00:34:10,520
Speaker 3: Kyler Murray's skill set and his preparation. It's just a

700
00:34:10,520 --> 00:34:13,800
Speaker 3: matter of the avoiding the pre snap penalties. Kyler had

701
00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:16,400
Speaker 3: a false start, he had the delay of game against

702
00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:18,440
Speaker 3: the Falcons. You want to try to minimize those a

703
00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:20,600
Speaker 3: little bit. Now you're going to have those, but you're

704
00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:22,200
Speaker 3: just going to be on the road, so you got

705
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Speaker 3: to be able to limit them to the best of

706
00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:25,840
Speaker 3: the ability. It's not like Kyler Murray doesn't know how

707
00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:27,839
Speaker 3: to get on a plane and travel to a new

708
00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:30,160
Speaker 3: city and stay in a hotel and then play the

709
00:34:30,200 --> 00:34:33,440
Speaker 3: next day. Kyler Murray's done that all throughout his college

710
00:34:33,640 --> 00:34:36,040
Speaker 3: and NFL career and even in high school. Because Texas

711
00:34:36,120 --> 00:34:39,640
Speaker 3: is just built like that. So it's nothing that Kyler

712
00:34:39,719 --> 00:34:41,919
Speaker 3: is unfamiliar with. It's just going to be a matter

713
00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:43,719
Speaker 3: when you look over to the sidelines. You're not going

714
00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:46,200
Speaker 3: to be seeing people with hand signals. You're going to

715
00:34:46,239 --> 00:34:49,120
Speaker 3: be looking down in your wristband saying what's exactly our

716
00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:50,440
Speaker 3: play and what are we going to be able to

717
00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:52,360
Speaker 3: do to get around this Texans defense?

718
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Speaker 1: And his number one target last week, Trey McBride, Will

719
00:34:55,680 --> 00:34:57,640
Speaker 1: that be the number one target this week? Or does

720
00:34:57,680 --> 00:35:00,400
Speaker 1: that connection with Hollywood Brown kind of pick a steam

721
00:35:00,440 --> 00:35:02,719
Speaker 1: after he was targeted a belief four times but just

722
00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:05,440
Speaker 1: had the one catch. With McBride, It's okay, you had

723
00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:08,720
Speaker 1: one hundred and thirty one receiving yards last week. Everyone noticed.

724
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Speaker 1: Now you're on the scouting report. You've been on the

725
00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:14,240
Speaker 1: scouting report, but maybe now more so.

726
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Speaker 2: So.

727
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Speaker 1: What's the how do you react to how now defenses

728
00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:22,239
Speaker 1: a the Texans defend the tight end position this week.

729
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Speaker 3: The beautiful thing about the Arizona Cardinals offense, despite the record,

730
00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:28,879
Speaker 3: is that they do have so many weapons out there,

731
00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:30,640
Speaker 3: they just all have not been able to be out

732
00:35:30,640 --> 00:35:33,919
Speaker 3: there at the same time. That's been the key thing.

733
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Speaker 3: When James Connor went down, the play action game was

734
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Speaker 3: completely turned around. The Cardinals were atop of the league

735
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Speaker 3: until he got really injured against the Bengals, and that's

736
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Speaker 3: when it all started to shift. Now you have Kyler

737
00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:47,360
Speaker 3: Murray back there, you don't have Zach Ertz, and I

738
00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:50,719
Speaker 3: understand that Trey McBride's starting to overtake him a little

739
00:35:50,719 --> 00:35:52,640
Speaker 3: bit for being that tight end one spot going back

740
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Speaker 3: to the injuries, as we spoke about with Elijah Wilkins

741
00:35:55,239 --> 00:35:57,840
Speaker 3: in interest in Cohen at that left guard spot. I

742
00:35:58,280 --> 00:36:00,920
Speaker 3: do think that Trey McBride is gonna a little bit

743
00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:03,960
Speaker 3: more on the scouting report. But if he does, that

744
00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:07,120
Speaker 3: opens up opportunities to go to Hollywood Brown. And even

745
00:36:07,160 --> 00:36:08,840
Speaker 3: if Hollywood Brown's covered up, you know he has a

746
00:36:08,840 --> 00:36:11,360
Speaker 3: good relationship with Rondell Moore. He's gonna try hitting Rondell

747
00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:13,239
Speaker 3: Moore on a lot of those flat and stale and

748
00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:15,680
Speaker 3: a lot of those flat and slant routes up the middle.

749
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Speaker 3: So and if those are shut down, great, you've got

750
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Speaker 3: James Connor to go through the middle. So they have

751
00:36:21,200 --> 00:36:23,400
Speaker 3: all the options out there, as Trey McBride gonna be

752
00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:26,120
Speaker 3: the number one target again potentially because you could see

753
00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:29,040
Speaker 3: that it works, it's approven, it's a proven formula. Is

754
00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:31,040
Speaker 3: he gonna go for one hundred and thirty one yards?

755
00:36:31,080 --> 00:36:33,399
Speaker 3: You gotta hope so. But even if he doesn't, if

756
00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:36,160
Speaker 3: that means that Hollywood Brown goes from more than twenty

757
00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:38,840
Speaker 3: eight yards on that one catch he has, you're balancing

758
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Speaker 3: it out a little bit more.

759
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Speaker 1: I have to respect the tight end position a few

760
00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:44,000
Speaker 1: of the Texans, and that's kind of been a little

761
00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:46,440
Speaker 1: bit of an issue for Houston this season, is defending

762
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Speaker 1: the tight end. They have allowed the second most receptions,

763
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Speaker 1: sixth most receiving yards, and tied for the third most

764
00:36:52,520 --> 00:36:55,960
Speaker 1: receiving touchdowns to tight ends. And keep in mind that

765
00:36:55,960 --> 00:36:59,480
Speaker 1: they will not have linebacker Denzel Perryman. He's been suspended

766
00:36:59,560 --> 00:37:02,799
Speaker 1: three games games reduced to two for repeated violations of

767
00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:06,320
Speaker 1: playing rules intended to protect health and safety of players.

768
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Speaker 1: So you miss out on having a linebacker in there,

769
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Speaker 1: which maybe now Blake Cashman has to do a little

770
00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:15,200
Speaker 1: bit more, and that takes him away from maybe being

771
00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:18,080
Speaker 1: in the box and figuring out what you're doing from

772
00:37:18,080 --> 00:37:21,239
Speaker 1: the running game and stopping the run, because that's where

773
00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:24,440
Speaker 1: this Texans defense has been better at, is handled I

774
00:37:24,480 --> 00:37:26,799
Speaker 1: won't say stopping but handling the run. Their top ten

775
00:37:27,239 --> 00:37:29,000
Speaker 1: against the pass, They are number twenty.

776
00:37:28,760 --> 00:37:30,799
Speaker 3: Four in the league exactly and that's where that play

777
00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:32,400
Speaker 3: action is going to go into play, because you're going

778
00:37:32,440 --> 00:37:34,120
Speaker 3: to assume that the Cardinals are going to go in

779
00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:37,080
Speaker 3: very pass heavy, but to have the ability to hand

780
00:37:37,120 --> 00:37:39,000
Speaker 3: the ball off to James Connor or to run a

781
00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:41,319
Speaker 3: play action or a read option or whatever it is,

782
00:37:41,360 --> 00:37:43,680
Speaker 3: we saw Kyler Murray was not limited in any stretch.

783
00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:46,800
Speaker 3: So even though the Texans have been solid at stopping

784
00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:50,120
Speaker 3: the run, Kyler Murray's a different running quarterback, especially because

785
00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:52,719
Speaker 3: we see him now that he's healthy. I'm sure he's not.

786
00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:55,839
Speaker 3: He doesn't look exactly the same, but there's a lot

787
00:37:55,880 --> 00:37:58,399
Speaker 3: of similarities to how he looked before the injury. I mean,

788
00:37:58,440 --> 00:38:00,719
Speaker 3: his speed of twenty one miles per on that third

789
00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:03,920
Speaker 3: down scramble was his best since twenty twenty one. So

790
00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:05,920
Speaker 3: to see him get out there and to know that

791
00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:09,560
Speaker 3: you had that opportunity, it has to keep the Houston

792
00:38:09,600 --> 00:38:10,960
Speaker 3: defense on their toes a little bit.

793
00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:15,160
Speaker 1: What else about this matchup that you like or you

794
00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:18,879
Speaker 1: will be focusing on Sunday, whether that's on either side

795
00:38:18,880 --> 00:38:21,960
Speaker 1: of the ball against whether it's the Cardinals or the Texans.

796
00:38:22,040 --> 00:38:26,200
Speaker 3: The explosive battle continuously hurts the Cardinals and the Houston

797
00:38:26,239 --> 00:38:29,240
Speaker 3: Texans are top the NFL in the exposive play battle

798
00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:33,040
Speaker 3: now a lot of their players. Twenty players are currently

799
00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:35,560
Speaker 3: on the injury report for the Houston Texans. Just to

800
00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:37,640
Speaker 3: go back to that a little bit, A top of

801
00:38:37,640 --> 00:38:40,120
Speaker 3: that list is Noah Brown, the Texans wide receiver who

802
00:38:40,280 --> 00:38:43,319
Speaker 3: finished with one hundred and seventy two yards in Week ten.

803
00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:45,840
Speaker 3: And while Trey McBride had a great game at one

804
00:38:45,920 --> 00:38:48,120
Speaker 3: hundred and thirty one, we were still wondering if he

805
00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:50,160
Speaker 3: was on to get over that one hundred yard thresh mark.

806
00:38:50,440 --> 00:38:53,760
Speaker 3: I mean, Noah Brown did that in an incredible fashion,

807
00:38:53,840 --> 00:38:55,560
Speaker 3: so to go from him, and there were so many

808
00:38:55,600 --> 00:38:58,879
Speaker 3: other opportunities. CJ. Stroud throws the ball on the money,

809
00:38:58,880 --> 00:39:01,320
Speaker 3: as Nick Rolis said, actually when he knows what he

810
00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:03,200
Speaker 3: wants to do with the ball. And you sent the

811
00:39:03,200 --> 00:39:06,320
Speaker 3: stat over Craig of the eight pass plays of twenty

812
00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:09,759
Speaker 3: plus yards last week. So the explosive play battle has

813
00:39:09,840 --> 00:39:11,839
Speaker 3: hurt the Cardinals. They got to be able to play

814
00:39:11,960 --> 00:39:14,440
Speaker 3: tight defense. But as Buddha Baker said, the focus is

815
00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:16,640
Speaker 3: always going to be on the run first, no matter

816
00:39:16,680 --> 00:39:19,200
Speaker 3: how good CJ. Shroud is, It's all about the run.

817
00:39:19,200 --> 00:39:22,640
Speaker 3: In Devin Singletary, the Houston Texas running back was named

818
00:39:22,840 --> 00:39:25,360
Speaker 3: AFC Player of the Week for his one hundred and

819
00:39:25,360 --> 00:39:28,480
Speaker 3: fifty yard performance against the Bengals. So they have weapons

820
00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:31,719
Speaker 3: all around, Their quarterbacks great, their offensive line solid, their

821
00:39:31,719 --> 00:39:34,560
Speaker 3: weapons are solid on the outside, and obviously their running

822
00:39:34,560 --> 00:39:37,560
Speaker 3: back is really talented. So the defense has to be

823
00:39:37,560 --> 00:39:39,160
Speaker 3: on their heels all game and they got to be

824
00:39:39,200 --> 00:39:39,680
Speaker 3: ready to go.

825
00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:42,440
Speaker 1: Singletary, by the way, had two hundred and nine rushing

826
00:39:42,520 --> 00:39:45,880
Speaker 1: yards for the season before last week. Now with that

827
00:39:46,200 --> 00:39:48,759
Speaker 1: one point fifty, he's up to three point fifty nine.

828
00:39:48,840 --> 00:39:51,040
Speaker 1: So yeah, you plug and play with the Texans. You

829
00:39:51,120 --> 00:39:55,200
Speaker 1: lose a Damian Pierce, Devin Singletary plays well and then

830
00:39:55,640 --> 00:39:59,080
Speaker 1: you lose a Nico Collins and what happens while Noah

831
00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:02,040
Speaker 1: Brown plays well one hundred and seventy two receiving yards.

832
00:40:02,040 --> 00:40:04,920
Speaker 1: So CJ. Stroud does have a number of weapons, and

833
00:40:04,960 --> 00:40:07,759
Speaker 1: it's up to the Cardinals defense to again, you take

834
00:40:07,840 --> 00:40:11,160
Speaker 1: one thing away to make an offense one dimensional, you

835
00:40:11,239 --> 00:40:13,920
Speaker 1: make them one dimensional with the pass game. Well, Stroud

836
00:40:13,920 --> 00:40:16,640
Speaker 1: has certainly shown that he's capable of beating you through

837
00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:17,160
Speaker 1: the air.

838
00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:19,040
Speaker 3: And it goes back to that balance that you hope

839
00:40:19,080 --> 00:40:22,280
Speaker 3: the Cardinals are able to execute well because although although

840
00:40:22,320 --> 00:40:24,960
Speaker 3: Singletary had one hundred and fifty yards, it was on

841
00:40:25,080 --> 00:40:28,520
Speaker 3: thirty rushing attempts. So he was their premiere back and

842
00:40:28,560 --> 00:40:30,239
Speaker 3: he was the one that kind of did it all.

843
00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:32,320
Speaker 3: But because you had to focus on him on the

844
00:40:32,360 --> 00:40:35,480
Speaker 3: run in those five yards he average per carry. That's

845
00:40:35,520 --> 00:40:38,040
Speaker 3: how c J. Strou was able to slice and die

846
00:40:38,160 --> 00:40:41,600
Speaker 3: the Bengals defense a little bit. So you just got

847
00:40:41,640 --> 00:40:44,000
Speaker 3: to be able to recognize that there is going to

848
00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:46,560
Speaker 3: be a deep ball threat that other quarterbacks this season

849
00:40:46,680 --> 00:40:50,000
Speaker 3: you face might not have had that, especially with Taylor

850
00:40:50,080 --> 00:40:53,480
Speaker 3: Heinike did not have that against with the Falcons Deshaun Watson.

851
00:40:53,520 --> 00:40:55,279
Speaker 3: There were a couple of plays on Marii Cooper, but

852
00:40:55,600 --> 00:40:57,759
Speaker 3: it was not fully there. The Cardinals have not really

853
00:40:57,760 --> 00:40:59,960
Speaker 3: had to face a deep Baull threat and a handful,

854
00:41:00,520 --> 00:41:02,720
Speaker 3: So now you know that you're gonna be going against

855
00:41:02,719 --> 00:41:04,799
Speaker 3: that and they have a really solid rushing game to

856
00:41:04,800 --> 00:41:05,400
Speaker 3: compliment it.

857
00:41:05,480 --> 00:41:08,760
Speaker 1: Yeah, the Cardinals defense has allowed twenty five pass plays

858
00:41:08,760 --> 00:41:11,920
Speaker 1: of twenty or more yards. None of those happened last

859
00:41:11,960 --> 00:41:14,319
Speaker 1: week against the Falcons. But you talked about it. That

860
00:41:14,440 --> 00:41:17,719
Speaker 1: was a quarterback situation and then just an offense that

861
00:41:17,800 --> 00:41:21,800
Speaker 1: relies heavily on the ground game unfortunately for them. Fortunately

862
00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:24,080
Speaker 1: for the Cardinals, Arizona was able to get the win.

863
00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:26,640
Speaker 1: Can they get the win now on the road against

864
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Speaker 1: the Texans? Eleven am is the kickoff six thirty. Pre

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Speaker 1: game coverage begins on the Arizona Cardinals Radio network. And

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Speaker 1: it's been a good week, Zach. We began the week

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Speaker 1: with Zach Gershman here on Cardinals Cover two and we

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Speaker 1: end the week with Zach Gershman on Cardinals Cover two.

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Speaker 3: Sounds like a headache to me, but wow, and.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna start next week with you as well. So

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Speaker 1: we're yes, Round two, Round two, and remember our deal.

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Speaker 3: We win, I gotta address.

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Speaker 1: Up there you go. Victory Monday becomes Zach Dress Up Day, Jack,

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Speaker 1: Zach Dress Update. Well, we'll have to paint the picture

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Speaker 1: here on this audio podcast.

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Speaker 3: On last we decided to go with you know, putting

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Speaker 3: the cameras on. Okay, oh no, Cody.

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Speaker 1: We'll have to see what happens on Sunday to figure

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Speaker 1: out if we get to see Zach in another full

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Speaker 1: suits or maybe just he comes in with a polo.

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Speaker 1: But hopefully again we're hoping for the full suits bring

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Speaker 1: it on, all right, Bring it on, Cardinals and Texans.

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Speaker 1: Can Arizona make it two straight wins with Kyler Murray

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Speaker 1: as their quarterback? We'll see and we'll discuss it on Monday.

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Speaker 1: And now, on that note, we'll put a lid on

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Speaker 1: this edition of Cardinals Cover two, presented by Hundai, proud

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Speaker 1: partner of the Arizona Cardinals. As always, special thanks to

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Speaker 1: our executive producer jem Mo Mohndre our associate producer Cody

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Speaker 1: Fincher for Zach Gershman, I'm Craig real Lou. We'll talk

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Speaker 1: to you next time here on Cardinals Cover two. H